|
|||||
|
Currently these are the vessels I have available for sale.
They are great for carrying your favourite essential oils on you all day and you only need a couple of drops at a time. You can wear them as an accessory or tuck them in under your top and the warmth of your body will release the essential oils so that you can benefit from their properties throughout the day. You can purchase them from the Amphora page. This is one of the Mother’s Day soaps which is curing and it smells really divine. Handmade with beautiful oils and cured for 5 weeks so they are nice for you. The Lavender Essential Oils give the soap a lovely feminine fragrance and the lavender buds give the bar a nice scrubby texture. Beautiful creamy lather and luxurious feel.  Scrubby Lavender Castile The light pink colour is from a mineral pigment added into the oils. There are only 20 bars of this soap for sale and I might put some of them into the Mother’s Day Pamper Packs for the next market. This weekend will be busy making Calendula Balm and some more lip balms for the May market at Penneshaw. Hope to see you at the Market on Sunday 2nd May at the Penneshaw Oval. Bea – on Kangaroo Island  Easter Monday soaps unmoulded Well… it was a productive Easter Monday and look at what has come out of the moulds !!!!!!!!!!!! They are all curing now and will be ready for the next market on 2nd May and some have been made specially for the Mothers Day Pamper Packs so they are a very limited edition! It was a huge soaping day and I am so happy with how these soaps have turned out. I can’t wait to start using them. I will cut them up tonight, the EVOO Castile is still sooooooo soft and buttery and has an awesome Lemon Eucalyptus scent – so very refreshing! The colour is a bit darker now from this batch of Extra Virgin Olive Oil but could lighten over the next few weeks. I am also very pleased with how the super conditioning bar turned out – it will be a very decadent bar with lots of shea butter and organic avocado oil with Green Tea and lots of beautiful organic flower petals sprinkle don top! This is a VERY LIMITED Edition and I am not sure how many bars will make it into the store. The Rice Bran Castile is also very nice looking and feels firm already but will still need to cure until the next market. It is totally natural, unscented and uncoloured – a pure and gentle bar. Some Close ups of the bars………………. !  Floral Confetti for Mum  Luxury Bar with Floral confetti  2 Castiles So…… now to wait for these to cure and if you are interested in reserving any of these, drop me a line and I will keep you on the list…. I already have a few reservations for the Floral Confetti bars! ~~~ SimplyBea ~~ Handmade soaps on Kangaroo Island It’s been a busy weekend and the market at Penneshaw on Sunday was a huge success. I ran out of my extra mild castile soap but the good news is that I have made some more today and they will be ready for the next market on 2nd May at Penneshaw.  EXTRA MILD CASTILE There will be some changes with the market from next month, apparently the food stalls have decided to relocate to another part of Penneshaw but the Art & Craft stalls will stay at the oval right through winter. I should be okay with my gazebo set up and hopefully it won’t be too wet the day before so the oval won’t get too muddy for the market days. Not sure how it will go but I am determined to make it to the market every month unless somehting major happens. There is also a good possibility that I will be sending soaps and balms for sale at the Penneshaw Visitor Information centre before the next market provided I can get enough stock together in the next couple of weeks. Exciting times and lots of projects to get stuck in to. I am also working on the Mother’s Day packs – the bars of soap for Moms are looking very pretty and curing well, hopefully my other items to go in the Pamper Packs for Mother’s Day will come along nicely as well…….. stay tuned! ~~~ SimplyBea on Kangaroo Island ~~~ What a stunning day! I am giving myself the day off to catch up with friends and family. The fishing rods are packed, hopefully the fish will bite! Have a great weekend! Well – what a busy day it has been for sure……. I tried out some new colour pigments and have made some soap which will be ready for Mother’s Day. I normally prefer to use natural organic materials for ‘colour’ but have been asked by quite a few people for more colourful soap so I ordered some natural colour pigments and had a go with them today. I still prefer naturally coloured or uncoloured soap but since there has been quite a few requests mainly for gift giving, I have done a couple of batches today. These are 2 batches sided by side
 "Flowers for Mom" and "Southern Ocean"  Close up of "Flowers for Mom"  Southern Ocean close up Can you see the grains of salt on the peaks of the waves????? All told it was a massive soaping day (for me) and i made 4 batches of soap so it was a good day. *phew* These soaps will be cut in the next couple of days and they will be ready in 4 weeks time. ~~~ Busy Bea ~~~ on Kangaroo Island Some bracelets which I have been working on and are now finally finished! Yaaay!!!  Straight out of the tumbler This pic on the left was taken just after I took them out of the tumbler this afternoon and it was gray and overcast so please excuse the lack of “Ooomph” but they look really good in real life. Every bit of the bracelets has been made by me, the glass beads, wire wraps, links and clasps right from scratch so no two pieces is identical. They are all adjustable if required and can be lengthened or shortened upon request. They will be on sale at Fine Arts Kangaroo Island from next week once I get them in to Kingscote. I might get a chance to get more made in the next few days. I have to make some more beads to make up a few more sets as I didn’t quite have the correct feel with some of the beads I have and they didn’t ‘look right’ for me…….. so more time on the torch in the next few days if I can get over this ‘hump’ which has left me tired lately. I don’t like working on the torch when I am tired as it is certainly asking for trouble and I don’t want any nasty accidents from lack of concentration – it only takes a moment to get into trouble! Some close up pics of individual pieces taken outside when the sun came out for a little while in the late afternoon.  South Coast Cliffs  Southern Ocean 02  Southern Ocean 01 *********************************************************************************************~~~~~ Busy Bea on Kangaroo Island ~~~~~ ……… and yes… I know that………… but it would be handy to have a few more on “special days” when you just HAVE to get stuff done!!!! What a weekend it has been, soap making, time on the torch and even finalising the basic concept for a new line of glass N silver bracelets!!!!!  Lots of yummy soaps and balms  Glass N Silver prototype MORE to come…. just cut up the slab of yummy spice N scrubby soap and these will be bigger bars…….. they will be ready mid April! I will cut up the logs of my castile with May Chang & Lemon Eucalyptus and the shaving bars – all soaps will be ready to go to new homes mid April! 2 more bracelets done tonight……. hopefully I will be able to get more made up to take in to Fine Arts this weekend! Remember there is the Farmers Market in Penneshaw on Easter Sunday – see you there! I will have some yummy soaps and the ever popular lotion bars…….. plus lots of beads for people to pick from the bead box to be wired up and taken home…………… Have a great week! I know I will be BUSY!!!!!!!!!!! ~~~ Busy Bea on Kangaroo Island ~~~ Time to create some lather!!!! I am going to make some more of my basic Castile and maybe a couple with essential oils. Handmade soap from Kangaroo Island! So it will be a fun weekend. Last night I spent a few hours on the torch to get some beads ready for bracelets and so many other ideas running through my head I can barely stay on terra firma! Have a fun weekend! ~~~ Bea on Kangaroo Island ~~~ Driving to work this morning with such beautiful crisp lighting reminded why I just LOVE Autumn….. Everything looked really fresh and clean, it was possible to imagine that every single leaf on the trees I drove past was just reaching out and going….. aaaaaaahhhhhhh Beautiful autumn days on Kangaroo Island……….. |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 SimplyBea - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
